Having done so very much research into my 6 x great grandfather Cozens Read I am almost 100% sure that calling him the daughter of William Read was in fact a mistake by the clerk as he was writing the details in the Parish Register. He made another mistake just under Cozens Read’s baptism.

I rechecked Registers and other Registers I had not checked before to look for a burial for the daughter that might have been, but just never found anything like that. I also rechecked Registers and others I had not checked before for another baptism for Cozens Read the son but just have never found that either. I am working my way through all the Parish Registers for about three UK counties to collect all Reads I come across, but as yet, there certainly does not seem to be a daughter Cozens Read anywhere.

I would not be without my microfiche reader! Even though it is now very old, I love it!! I buy my microfiche from Family History Societies for the UK counties I am interested in. They transcribe the Parish Registers and other things, put them on microfiche, although now more are putting the information on CDs, and then I buy the microfiche as they become available, or several at a time. Here in the UK they are not at all expensive and some of mine I have had now for many years, but they continually get looked at as I come across more discoveries and more surnames to add to the family, so I go back over them to check again.

My family very kindly ask me for a Wish List every Christmas and so I give them details of microfiche, Wills, CDs and all sorts of things I would like and so they decide amongst themselves who will get what for me, and I have wonderful gifts, exactly what I want! And the best thing is that once looked at, they are dipped into again many times over the years as I find more information, so are very useful presents and a real joy to me.

With regard to the mother aged five in the Census. This could be an error. I have seen various marks over some of the details and ages then aren’t always so clear. I have also seen Married or Wife etc., in the wrong place so it might just be an error. It could be there were a mother and daughter of the same name and the census taker forgot to put one of them in but combined their details! I note these things as they appear, but will always check them out with other records because the census taker is only human, might be tired after a very long day and just wrote something incorrectly!!

I’m very pleased to meet you too and now that we have met, please do keep in touch.

Kind regards,

Christine (rootsresearcher)

]]>By: johttps://rootsresearcher.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/my-first-brick-wall-cozens-read/#comment-3
Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:34:14 +0000http://rootsresearcher.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-3Wh would a man be written as a daughter?
And how often are you able to buy microfiche? I almost bought a microfiche reader, but I own none and wondered if I would have use for one in my home.
Just this weekend I was kind of hit by something I found. I was searching for a particular family so I had to examine a few people and the family at Ancestry and there it said who the persons parents were. I looked at the name and it said age five. So I lookd at the daughter and it said, Mother. At age five. I realize that the daughter could be named after the mother, but what was the census taker thinking?

I am glad to meet you a devoted genealogist. I am glad you got your ” grove” back.